HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL Don’t look now, but we’re well into the third quarter of 2023; and it feels like if we blink, it’ll be December. When this seeming fast pace of life gets to me, I’ve often turned to food and laughter, as two surefire ways to replenish...
PEACE-MAKER Cambodia has broken a historic ground with the imminent election of the Khuon Sudary as the first woman president of the National Assembly. A veteran parliamentarian, she currently serves as vice president of her country’s lawmaking body. She is also one of our steadfast allies...
REFLECTIONS TODAY Matthew 14:22-33 After he had fed the people, Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and precede him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Meanwhile...
IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Last Monday, Aug. 7, MovEd had the utmost honor and privilege of signing a Memorandum of Agreement with the Shakey’s Philippines group as its partner beneficiary for one of the company’s corporate social responsibility programs. On a personal note, I was extremely thrilled...
REFLECTIONS TODAY The mustard seed, according to the historian and naturalist Pliny the Elder, was the most invasive of all garden plants (Natural History, 19.170- 171). It could get over walls, into a neighboring field, and just about everywhere. Once it is sown, it is almost impossible to get the...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s overseas trips are one of the main drivers of the increasing employment rate in the country, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) said. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) ECOP...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday, August 11, commended the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) decision to suspend the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) inclusion of a three percent (3%) franchise tax in its transmission costs billed to distribution utilities. Sen....
THE LEGAL FRONT The efforts of the PBBM administration – in this time of peace – to prepare our country for defensive measures we may need if our circumstances change, are very commendable and should receive the people’s fullest support. The primary duty to help our nation lies with us –...
Korean visa application in the Philippines will cost P900 when the Korea Visa Application Center (KVAC) in Manila starts operating on Aug. 29. This was announced by the Korean Embassy in the Philippines on Aug. 10 regarding the opening of the KVAC, which is located on the ninth and 10th...
A total of 19 artists will perform at the 2023 World Scout Jamboree's “K-Pop Super Live” concert on Aug. 11 at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. The 2023 Saemangeum World Scout Jamboree Organizing Committee and Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) announced the lineup for...
Senators led by Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday, August 10, threw their support behind President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s row with China over the BRP Sierra Madre. Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Senate PRIB Photo) In a statement, Marcos said...
LET’S TALK ABOUT KINDNESS Palanca awardee Merlinda Bobis discusses the place of 'care' in a fragmented world, at the University of Philippines Diliman (Photo MUDE) Merlinda Bobis contemplates kindness in her upcoming performance-lecture, “The Ifs of Care: Care for an Increasingly Fragmented...
